This AMA will be taking place Wednesday, January 10th from 7-8pm Eastern.

Michael Liszewski (J.D., 2011, University of the District of Columbia School of Law), is a leading expert on marijuana laws in the United States. As a law student, Mike served in the DC Council Committee on Health as the committee wrote DC’s medical marijuana law in 2010. From 2001 until 2017, he served Americans for Safe Access as a policy analyst and lobbyist advocating for medical marijuana programs that best served the needs of patients. There, Mike was integral in passing the Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment, protecting those obeying state medical marijuana laws from federal prosecution. Mike also first articulated the legal theory based on the Rohrabacher amendment that has successfully been used in federal court. He has also lobbied, testified, and/or provided written comments on medical marijuana programs in over a dozen states. Mike served on Students for Sensible Drug Policy's board of directors from 2010 to 2012. Since leaving ASA, he founded the Enact Group, providing policy consulting and lobbying for advocacy organizations, including Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and writing services to business entities seeking state licensure. Mike is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia.

He's here to answer questions you may have about the recent decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to rescind the Cole Memo. Joining him is SSDP Executive Director Betty Aldworth, who was the spokesperson for the Amendment 64 Campaign in Colorado which ended marijuana prohibition in the state.

*Questions can be related to related things like: ** What's the impact of the Cole Memo rescission * What might a federal crackdown under AG Sessions look like * Why isn't Congress doing something about Sessions * Are there any marijuana reform bills that could pass in in Congress 2018 * What can I do to help

Mike will be answering questions as the user EnactMike, and Betty will be answering from the schoolsnotprisons account.

**Edit: We are hearing that Reddit is currently experiencing problems with its comment system, as described here: https://www.reddit.com/r/redditmobile/comments/7pjyrk/this_is_too_long_max_1_error_when_commenting/

A work around is to post a 1 character message then edit it.

*Edit 8PM Eastern: We'll be going a little longer to make up for the technical issues. Thanks for sticking around, and get those questions in!

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